Baling device for laundry



Oct. 26 1926. v 1,604,905

Av. GENDRON BALING DEVICE FOR LAUNDRY Fild Jan. 15A. 1926 2 Sheets-51166121 Inventor By f Attorney Oct. 26 1926.

A. GENDRON BALING DEVICE FOR LAUNDRY 1 926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 15

l Inventor U12@ 'endraw Attorney CIK W EAM ear IBALING DEVICE F0143 LAUNDRY.

.Application led January The present invention pertains to a novel baling device adapted to form bales of laundry that is washed but not ironed. The invention is particularly useful in connection with laundry of the class known as wetwash laundry.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a device for packing laundry in the manner stated in order that it may be neatly and conveniently delivered to the customer. ln the accomplishment of this object, the device comprises a box with an open top and a hinged vertical wall. l/Vithin the box is placed a sack, the upper edges of which are secured to the upper edges of the box by means of a gripping frame mounted on top of the box. After the sack has been filled, the hinged vertical wall is lowered7 and the ends of the sack are drawn together by cords or similar means in order to complete the bale. The laundry is delivered in this condition, and the sack may be promptly emptied by the driver or called for at a later time.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following description and in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the baling boi; in open condition;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the box closed and with the sack placed therein;

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section corresponding to Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the bale after having been packed;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a modified form of sack; and

Figure 6 is a perspective view of a paper lining for the sack.

Reference to these views will now be made by the use of like characters which are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout.

The device consists essentially of a plui rality of legs 1 which serve to support a box 2 having an open top 3 and a hinged vertical wall 4 as clearly illustratedin Figure 1. The rear posts or legs 1 carry brackets 5 to which are attached hinges 6 which in turn are secured to the ends of a gripping frame 7. rFhe rear wall of the box carries a pair of stops 7 at its upper edge in order to limit the backward movement of the hinges 6 and frame 7. This frame is constructed of angle-iron and is disposed in such a manner that the vertical Serial No. 81,548.

wall in closed or raised position as illustrated in Figure 2.

rllhe forward side of the frame 7 is vided with a pair of spaced ingers 1l adapted to ofi-operate with a handle 2 car- 1 ricd by the wall 4. The handle is pivoted h to the door, and the ngers 11 are in the nature of upwardly bent springs, so that these parte constitute a clamp for holding the frame uponthe top of the box.

The apparatus further includes a sack for 'n lining the interior of the box and consisting of a pair of side members 13 engaged at three edges by a strip 14. rlhe remaining edges of the side members are engaged by a shorter strip 15 whichliis overlapped by the ends of the strip 14 as indicated by the numeral 16 in Figure 4. The strip 14 is provided with a pair of longitudinal and parallel reinforcing bands 17, and eyelets 18 which pass through the ends of these bands and through the overlapped portions 16. 1n the use of the invention as thus far described, the sack is placed within the box, and the hinged wall 4 is raised to the posi. tion shown in Figure 2. The upper end of the strip 14 is raised so that access to the interior of the sack may be attained. The edges of the sack are then brought over .the upper edge of the box and clamped in this position by means of the frame 7 which is held down by the handle 12 acting on the lingers 11` After the sack has been stuffed with laundry, the upper end of the strip 1'? is brought over the top to the position shown in Figure 4, the frame 7 having previously been raised. The wall 4 is now lowered so that cords 19 may be drawn through the eyelets 18 in order to tie the ends of the strip 14 together and thereby complete the bale. The laundry is delivered in this manner, and the sack may be opened and emptied immediately or at a later time.

In Figure 5 is illustrated arnodifled form of sack designed for a higher grade of work and to present a better appearance than the bale shown in Figure 4.

This sack comprises a strip 2O bent to `torni three sides, and a transverse strip 21 adapted to form the remaining three sides. The lower edge of the member E20 carries snap elements 22 adapted to co-operate with complementary snap members 23 properly arranged at the lower portion oi the strip 21. Flaps 24 are provided at the top of the receptacle thus formed in order to constitute a cover which is to be surmounted by the upper end ot the strip 21 when the latter is brought to aA closing position. Finally, the ends oi' the strip 21 are provided with eyelets 25, so that the ends may be drawn together and the bale tightened by passing cords through the eyelets in a manner dcscribed in connection with Figure 4.

A box-shaped paper liner 26 may be placed Within the sack before iilling with the laundry.

lVhile ar specic. embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described, it is to be understood that various altertions in the details of construction may be made Without departing from the spirit of the invention as indicated by the appended claims.

Having thus fully described the invention,

what Iclaim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination With a box having an open top and a hinged vertical Wall, a sack adapted for insertion in said box and having top and bottom flaps constituting the top and bottom thereof, said flaps' overlapping on one side ot the sack and being adapted to be tied together, and a frame mounted on the top of the box and adapted to clamp the upper edges ot said sack to the upper edges of said box.

In combination With a box having an open top and a hinged vertical Wall, a sack olipted for insertion in said box and having top and bottoni flaps constituting the top and bottom thereof, said flaps overlapping on one side of the sack and being adapted to be tied together, and a trame mounted on the top of the box and adapted to clamp the upper edges otsaidsa-clr to the upper edges of said box, and a clamp adapted to secure said frame and hinged Wall together.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

AIM GENDRON. 

